Vocab
Space Race
Arms Race
Proxy Wars
Other
100
What does containment mean in terms of the cold war?
The U.S. worked to see that communism did not spread.
100
Who were the two super powers that emerged out of WWII?
Soviet Union and U.S.
100
What was the nuclear arms race?
The rivalry between the Soviets and the Americans to stockpile nuclear warheads during the Cold War.
100
Which statement about the Korean War is supported by the information on the following maps?
Neither side gained much territory as a result of the war
100
Which alliance was formed by the USA as a barrier to defend against the spread of communism?
NATO
200
Brinkmanship
Pushing each other to the brink of war
200
What was the ‘spark’ that began the “Space Race?”
The Soviets launched the satellite “Sputnik” and caused fear among Americans causing them to improve their own space program
200
What does this political cartoon suggest is the reason nuclear weapons were never used?
Mutually Assured Destruction
200
What was the main reason the United States entered the Vietnam War?
They wanted to stop communism from spreading there.
200
One of the largest concerns during the Cold War was that if one country ‘fell’ to communism others around it would become communist as well. This is known as…
Domino Theory
300
Iron Curtain
A political/ideological barrier that isolated the Eastern Bloc from the rest of Europe after WWII.
300
What was so scary to American about Sputnik?
Soviets could launch a nuclear weapon.
300
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis such a defining point in the Cold War?
The United States and the Soviet Union “faced-off” against each other raising tensions with a threat of nuclear war.
300
Name one of two war tactics used by the North Vietnamize.
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300
The USSR’s political system is based on
Totalitarianism
400
Eastern Block
The communist states of Central and Eastern Europe that were aligned with the Soviet Union during the Cold War
400
Which new technology could carry nuclear warheads across thousands of miles?
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
400
What was Detente?
A period of easing tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
400
Why was Vietnam divided at the 17th parallel?
So North Vietnam could be run with a communist government and South Vietnam could be run by the Emperor
400
Why did the Soviet Union expanded their influence over the satellite nations?
Stalin wanted these nations to act as a buffer between the Soviet Union and the democratic nations of the west
500
Proxy War
A proxy war is a conflict fought by one or more major powers that do not themselves become directly involved
500
What was the purpose of the Space Race?
To show the world which country was superior scientifically and technologically, as well as had a stronger economy.
500
What Treaty ended the Arms Race?
SALT
500
What resolution escalated the war in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
500
Define The Cold War in your own words
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